--- title: our own dog won't bite me tho — Reading a dog's body language · tree and pragmatics description: our own dog won't bite me tho Test 13 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Reading a dog's body language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/) / t13 # Test 13 · Reading a dog's body language our own dog won't bite me tho **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** own dog · **What happens:** not bite · **To what, where:** me This is test 13 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t13:1 # text = our own dog won't bite me tho 1 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 tho tho PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bite** | future | our own dog | me | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Most bites come from dogs kids know ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t13:o1:1 # text = Most bites come from dogs kids know 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 bites bite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Most bites | | | | | from dogs | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from dog=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **know** | present | kids | dogs *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Family dogs never bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t13:o2:1 # text = Family dogs never bite 1 Family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bite** | present | Family dogs | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only big dogs bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t13:o3:1 # text = Only big dogs bite 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | big dogs | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only strange dogs bite, never your own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t13:o4:1 # text = Only strange dogs bite, never your own 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | strange dogs | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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